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This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2026 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report cover mean and median rates for IT consulting work across all service areas. This report includes mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services, large IT specialists, small and mid-market IT specialists, Indian IT majors, public sector defense and aerospace IT specialists and operations specialists. We also include IT Consulting rate break-outs for 14 large US metropolitan areas and 11 IT Consulting practice area sub-categories. (82 Pages, 37 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2025 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report cover mean and median rates for IT consulting work across all service areas. This report includes mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services, large IT specialists, small and midmarket IT specialists, Indian IT majors, public sector defense and aerospace IT specialists and operations specialists. We also include IT Consulting rate break-outs for 14 large US metropolitan areas and 11 IT Consulting practice area sub-categories. (81Pages, 37 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Tax Advisory and Compliance rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: (Tax Advisory) International and Corporate Tax; Private Wealth Management; Merger, Acquisition and Divestiture Tax; Trade and Customs; Transfer Pricing; Property and Real Estate Tax; Indirect Tax; Tax Audits; Tax Investigations; Tax Management; Tax Risk Mitigation; and Tax Outsourcing. (Tax Compliance) Corporate Tax Return Preparation; Employee Income Tax Returns; Withholding Tax Returns; VAT Returns; Tax Compliance Process; Tax Compliance Control; Tax Compliance Technologies; Tax Authority Inquiry; Tax Authority Examination; and Tax Compliance Planning.The report includes rate breakouts for firms providing related services, including large and small business advisory services...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Legal and Forensic Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Litigation support; Dispute resolution; Expert witness support; Fraud and financial misconduct investigations; Intellectual property and contract governance; Forensic analysis and technology support; Competition authority support; Domestic and international intelligence; Security; and Transaction forensics. The report includes associated rate breakouts for firms providing related services, including large and small business advisory services firms, the Big Four; Operations; Strategy and Information Technology specialists. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and ...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Risk, Regulatory and Governance Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance. The report includes associated rate breakouts for firms with a legacy specialty in the areas of Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory, including the Big Four; Operations; HR services; Strategy and Information Technology. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (104 Pages, 60 Exhibits)....More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Financial Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Financial management, Financial performance improvement, Finance strategy and policy, and Finance transformation. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include Financial Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (83 Pages, 45 Exhibits)....More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Transaction Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Pre-deal assessment; Operational assessment; Lead advisor; Deal structure; Debt advisory; Strategic and commercial intelligence; Vendor due diligence and assistance; Transaction due diligence; Contracts; and Post-transaction execution. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists, and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy, Operations, HR and IT consulting. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include Transaction Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropo...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 US Tax Advisory and Compliance rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Tax Advisory includes the areas of International and Corporate Tax; Private Wealth Management; Merger, Acquisition and Divestiture Tax; Trade and Customs; Transfer Pricing; Property and Real Estate Tax; Indirect Tax; Tax Audits; Tax Investigations; Tax Management; Tax Risk Mitigation; and Tax Outsourcing. Tax Compliance includes the areas of Corporate Tax Return Preparation; Employee Income Tax Returns; Withholding Tax Returns; VAT Returns; Tax Compliance Process; Tax Compliance Control; Tax Compliance Technologies; Tax Authority Inquiry; Tax Authority Examination; and Tax Compliance Planning. The report includes rate breakouts for Large Advisory Specialists, the Big Four, and Small and Mid-Sized Advisory Specialists, for each of th...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 US Legal and Forensic Advisory rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of Legal and Forensic Advisory include consulting across the areas of: Litigation support; Dispute resolution; Expert witness support; Fraud and financial misconduct investigations; Fraud risk management; Intellectual property and contract governance; Forensic analysis and technology support; Competition authority support; Domestic and international intelligence; Security; Regulatory compliance; and Transaction forensics. The report includes rate breakouts for several categories of advisory specialists, as well as Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each profe...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 Transaction Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Pre-deal assessment; Operational assessment; Lead advisor; Deal structure; Debt advisory; Strategic and commercial intelligence; Vendor due diligence and assistance; Transaction due diligence; Contracts; and Post-transaction execution. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists, and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy, Operations, HR and IT consulting. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include Transaction Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropo...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 Risk, Regulatory and Governance Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists, and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy, Operations and IT consulting. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include Risk, Regulatory and Governance Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (95 Pages, 54 Exhibits)....More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 Internal Audit Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of Internal Audit Advisory include consulting across the following areas: Internal Audit Support and Outsourcing, Strategic Performance Review and Sustainability Services. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists, and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy, Operations and IT consulting. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include Internal Audit Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (95 Pages, 54 Exhibits)....More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 Financial Advisory rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of Financial Advisory include consulting across the following areas: Financial Management, Financial Performance Improvement, Procurement, Finance Strategy and Policy, and Organizational Development. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists, and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy, Operations and IT consulting. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include Financial Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (94 Pages, 53 Exhibits)....More

Table of Contents: (1) 2020-2021 US Strategy Consulting Rates; (2) Three Big Four Firms Show Fiscal 2020 Growth, Led Mostly by Consulting; (3) Accenture Launches Cloudfirst; Agrees to Acquire N3; (4) Deloitte and Former Partners Sanctioned with Largest Penalties in UK FRC History; (5) Rapidly Growing German Robotics Consulting Start-up Receives $21 Million in Funding; (6) FTI Consulting Launches Real Estate Business Transformation Practice; (7) EY Offers Consultants No-Cost MBA Education Through Hult International Business School; (8) Consulting Leadership: FTI, EY, SAIC and Grant Thornton; (9) Thought Leadership: Korn Ferry and CEG. (2,950 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2020 On-Site vs. Off-Site Consulting Rate Differentials; (2) Gender Diversity in Consulting; (3) McKinsey, Bain and BCG Offer Advice to Leaders in the Global Crisis; (4) A.T. Kearney Rebrands as Kearney-; (5) Accenture Acquires Kates Kesler, Callisto, Nike Group, Revolutionary Security and Yesler; (6) EY-Parthenon Acquires Strategy Consultancy, Port Jackson Partners; (7) Atos Acquires Miner & Kasch; (8) AON -- Willis Towers Watson Combination to Move Forward; Pandemic Pay Cuts Loom; (9) McKinsey Plays Prominent Role in US Strategic Planning for Post-Corona Economic Rebound; (10) xxx; (11) Consulting Leadership: Accenture and Atos; (12) Thought Leadership: Korn Ferry. (2,825 words)...More

This report provides an analysis of women serving at various levels of consulting service providers, with a special focus on related efforts of the Big Four and Accenture. We also provide analysis on diversity in the private equity and venture capital industries, and the challenges facing early stage companies across a number of other industries. Our analysis of the consulting sector should be viewed as a best-case example since the efforts of the Big Four and Accenture are significant, and these service providers have devoted more resources than most companies toward addressing the challenge of gender equality in hiring and advancement. (1,904 words, 1 graphic)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2020 UK Information Technology Consulting Rates; (2) 2020 UK Operations Consulting Rates; (3) Capgemini Agrees to Acquire Purpose; Regulators Allow $4B Altran Deal to Proceed; (4) Accenture Announces Reorganization; Completes Acquisitions of maihiro and Clarity; (5) Canadian Cybersecurity Firm, Cytelligence, Acquired by Aon; (6) McKinsey Makes Series A Investment in Cybersecurity firm, Praetorian; (7) SAIC to Acquire Unisys Federal in $1.2 Billion Transaction; (8) Segal Acquires Retirement Systems Consultancy, LRWL; (9) Quartz Publishes Series on Risk When Biggest Auditors Became Bigger Consultants; (10) Ankura Acquires Ann Arbor-based 284 Partners; (11) Consulting Leadership: Accenture, PA Consulting and SAIC; (12) Thought Leadership: Accenture. (2,825 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2019-2020 UK Strategy Consulting Rates; (2) Big Four Fiscal 2019 Consulting Revenues Up 7.3 Percent; Audit Up 1 Percent; (3) Accenture Has Strong Q1 2020 Consulting Results; Acquires Apis and Clarity Insights; (4) Infosys Settles California Lawsuit; Investigates Whistleblower Complaint to SEC; (5) Former Bain Partner May Testify Against Firm in South African SARS Investigation; (6) French AMF Announces Closing Date for Capgemini's Tender Offer for Altran; (7) Monadnock Research Portal Subscription Fee Increase; and (9) Consulting Leadership: Accenture and BDO. (1,750 words)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 US Tax Advisory and Compliance rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. The report includes rate breakouts for Large Advisory Specialists, the Big Four, and Small and Mid-Sized Advisory Specialists, for each of the Tax Advisory and Tax Compliance Advisory rate sections. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level, along with Tax Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 US large metropolitan markets in the US. (79 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 US Legal, Forensic, Risk and Regulatory Advisory rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. The report includes rate breakouts for Large Advisory Specialists, the Big Four, and Small and Mid-Sized Advisory Specialists, for each of the Legal Advisory, Forensic Advisory, Risk Advisory and Regulatory Advisory rate sections. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level, along with Legal and Forensic Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the US. (58 Pages, 28 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 Financial, Accounting and Internal Audit Advisory rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. The report includes rate breakouts for Large Advisory Specialists, the Big Four, and Small and Mid-Sized Advisory Specialists, for each of the Financial Advisory, Internal Audit and Accounting advisory rate sections. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level, along with Financial Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the US. (67 Pages, 35 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 Transaction Advisory rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level, along with rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the US. The report also includes rate breakouts for Large Transaction Advisory Specialists, the Big Four, Small and Mid-Sized Transaction Advisory Specialists, Large Strategy Specialists, Small and Mid-Sized Strategy Specialists, Large Operations Specialists, Small and Mid-Sized Operations Specialists, HR Consulting Specialists, Large IT Consulting Specialists, and Small and Mid-Market IT Consulting Specialists. (61 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Big Four Fiscal 2018 Consulting Rankings and Audit Conflict Risk Metrics; (2) Jay Alix Loses Battle with McKinsey; But the AlixPartners/McKinsey Legal War Continues; (3) UK Regulator May Consider Alternatives to Proposed Split of Big Four Consulting and Audit Operations; (4) BDO USA Acquires Management Consultancy, AC Lordi; (5) Accenture Completes Acquisitions of Droga5 and ESP; (6) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, EY, PwC, BearingPoint and Navigant; and (7) Thought Leadership: A.T. Kearney and PwC. (2,950 words)...More

This is the ninth annual report detailing our analysis of the Big Four's consulting practices, as they continue to seek organic growth and strategic M&A with a special focus on non-audit services. Fiscal 2018 global non-audit advisory services of the Big Four, including tax services, increased to $97.3 billion (USD) in fiscal 2018, an 11.8% increase over fiscal 2017 levels. Total non-tax consulting and advisory services of Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and EY were $63.6 billion, an increase of 13.1% over fiscal 2017. Overall, Big Four fiscal 2018 revenue was $148.21 billion, up 10.29 percent. Growth in advisory, however, contrasts with overall growth of 7.5% in audit revenue to $50.94 billion, up from an increase of 2.79% in fiscal 2017. We note that the Big Four continue to aggressively seek organic growth and strategic M&A in non-audit consulting and advisory services as their number 1 strategic priority. This Research Note offers an in-depth analysis of the growing conflict risk since 2010 po...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2018-2019 Financial, Accounting, Legal, Risk, Compliance and Transaction Advisory rates in the United Kingdom from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. This is our first rate report published in each of these areas. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for Financial Advisory; Accounting Advisory; Legal & Forensic Advisory; Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Advisory; and Transaction Advisory. (47 Pages, 15 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2018-2019 Tax Advisory and Tax Compliance consulting rates in the United Kingdom from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. A firm category break-out contains: The Big Four, and Small and Mid-Market Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists. (53 Pages, 20 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2018-19 US Financial, Accounting, Legal, Risk, Compliance and Transaction Advisory Rates; (2) 2018-19 US Human Resources Consulting Rates; (3) 2018-19 US Marketing and Interactive Consulting Rates; (4) Big Four Fiscal 2017 Consulting Rankings and Audit Conflict Risk Metrics; (5) Deloitte to Launch Deloitte Asia Pacific, Consolidating In-Region Practices; (6) New McKinsey Managing Partner Withdraws from Engagement with US Immigration & Customs Enforcement; (7) Simon-Kucher Partners Opens New Offices in Shanghai, Cairo and Chicago; (8) Accenture Invests in Ripjar and Acquires Kogentix; (9) CNN International Launches Consultancy, CNN Reach; (10) Allen & Overy Launches Regulatory Strategy Consultancy; (11) Consulting Leadership: Accenture, Carat Global, BearingPoint and Navigant; and (12) Thought Leadership: Thought Leadership: Harvard, Deloitte and Accenture. (3,300 words)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2018-2019 US Financial, Accounting, Legal, Risk, Compliance and Transaction Advisory rates in the United States of America from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. This is our first rate report published in each of these areas. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for Financial Advisory; Accounting Advisory; Legal & Forensic Advisory; Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Advisory; and Transaction Advisory. (46 Pages, 15 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2018-19 US Strategy Consulting Rates; (2) 2018-19 US Operations Consulting Rates; (3) 2018-19 US Information Technology Consulting Rates; (4) 2018-19 US Tax Advisory Rates; (5) Navigant Sells Legal and Transaction Advisory Practices to Ankura; Resolves Engine Capital Dispute; (6) Separation of Big Four Audit and Advisory Operations Recommended by UK Parliament Committees; (7) Scotland's Anderson & Brown Launches AAB Consulting; (8) Accenture to Acquire Designaffairs and HO Communications; Completes Acquisitions of MXM and Certus; (9) Accenture to Expand Capabilities in Programmatic In-House Media Planning and Buying; (10) Cambridge Analytica Commences Insolvency Proceedings; (11) Veritas Completes Acquisition of PwC US Public Sector Business; (12) Consultants Make Their Advertising Presence Be Known; (13) Consulting Leadership: Accenture, L.E.K., BDO, Harvard, Navigant and SAIC; and (14) Thought Leadership: Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Talmix and Accenture . (3,...More

This is the eighth annual report detailing our analysis of the Big Four's consulting practices, as they continue to seek organic growth and strategic M&A with a special focus on non-audit services. Fiscal 2017 global non-audit advisory services of the Big Four, including tax services, increased to $87 billion USD, a 6.56% increase over 2016 levels. Total non-tax consulting and advisory services of Deloitte, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young were $56.23 billion, an increase of 7.41% over fiscal 2016. Overall, total Big Four fiscal 2017 revenue was $134.38 billion, up 5.2 percent. Growth in advisory still contrasts with growth of just 2.79% in audit revenue at $47.39 billion, up from a decrease of 0.55% in fiscal 2016. We note that the Big Four continue to aggressively seek organic growth and strategic M&A in non-audit consulting and advisory services as their number 1 strategic priority. This Research Note offers an in-depth analysis of the growing conflict risk since 2...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2018-2019 Tax Advisory rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. A firm category break-out contains: The Big Four, and Small and Mid-Market Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists. (52 Pages, 20 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2017-2018 USA Information Technology Consulting Rates; (2) Fixed Price vs Time and Materials Contracts: 2008-2017 Trends in Technology Services Contracting; (3)Accenture Fiscal 2017 Consulting Revenues Up Five Percent; (4) EY Fiscal 2017 Advisory Practice Revenues Up 9.6 Percent to $11.6 Billion; (5) Deloitte Fiscal 2017 Consulting and Advisory Practices Grow 6-15 Percent; (6) Capgemini Acquires US Digital Advisor, Lyons Consulting Group; (7) Deloitte Discloses Breach of Corporate Email System; (8) 2017-2018 Global Operations Consulting Rates; (9) Consulting Leadership: SAIC, PwC and Accenture; (10) Thought Leadership: BCG and Accenture. (1,720 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Big Four Fiscal 2016 Consulting Rankings and Audit Conflict Risk Metrics (MR Research Note Vol X, No 2); (2) CSC Shareholders Approve HP Enterprise Merger; (3)Oracle Performing Due Diligence on Accenture Acquisition?; (4) Deloitte Acquires Cloud Consultancy, Day 1; Plans to Expand Cloud Capabilities; (5) Accenture Completes First Annapolis, OCTO, Seabury, Focus Group Europe and Davies Transactions; (6) CRA Closes Acquisition of Life Sciences Strategy Specialist, C1 Consulting; (7) BearingPoint Expands Operations Consulting Capabilities with UK and Italy Acquisitions; (8) Ethisphere Honors Accenture, Capgemini and Wipro as 2017 Most Ethical Companies; (9) Consulting Leadership: KPMG, Deloitte, CRA, Marakon, BDO and FTI; and (10) Thought Leadership: Strategy&, L.E.K. and PwC. (2,785 words, 1 Graphic)...More

This is the seventh annual report detailing Monadnock Research's analysis of the Big Four's consulting practices, as they continue to seek organic growth and strategic M&A with a special focus on non-audit services. Fiscal 2016 global non-audit advisory services of the Big Four, including tax services, increased to $81.64 billion USD, a 5.48% increase over 2015 levels. Total non-tax consulting and advisory services of Deloitte, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young were $52.35 billion, an increase of 6.92% over fiscal 2015. Overall, Big Four fiscal 2016 revenues were $127.74 billion, up 3.23%. Growth in advisory, however, contrasts sharply with an overall decrease of 0.55% in audit revenues to $46.1 billion, up slightly from a decrease of 1.32% in fiscal 2015. This Research Note offers an in-depth analysis of the growing conflict risk posed by a rapidly increasing proportion of consulting to audit services at Big Four firms, and the paradox facing Big Four leaders as they ...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2017-2018 US Operations Consulting Rates: Monadnock Research Reports (Vol X, No 1); (2) Accenture Acquires solid-ser-Vision and Altitude; Agrees to Purchase Seabury and InvesTech; (3)Gartner to Acquire CEB for $3.3 Billion; (4) Segal Rogerscasey Closes Marco Consulting Transaction; (5) Booz Allen Closes $250 Million Acquisition of Aquilent; (6) Consulting Leadership: PwC, Deloitte, BCG, Wipro, Accenture, Navigant, SAIC, Segal, KPMG, BearingPoint and A.T. Kearney; and (7) Thought Leadership: Bain. (2,950 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 Hong Kong Strategy Consulting Rates (Vol IX, No 14); (2) IBM to Acquire Promontory; (3) BCG Acquires German Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist, Inverto; (4) Accenture to Acquire MCG's Kurt Salmon, DayNine and Defense Point Security; (5) US Law Firms Focus on Cognizant After Disclosure of Indian Affiliate Improprieties; (6) WSP to Acquire Mouchel Consulting for £75 Million; (7) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, KPMG, Accenture, Marakon, BCG and Segal; and (8) Thought Leadership: PwC. (2,260 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 US Rates - Strategy Consulting: Monadnock Research Report (Vol IX, No 3); (2) Sopra Steria Acquires Axway Stake Held by Géninfo; (3) Accenture Completes Acquisition of Analytics Consultancy, OPS Rules; (4) CAA Sports Acquires Sports and Brand Consultancy, Cemano; (5) Thales Launches Digital Transformation and Cyber Consulting Group; (6) Novantas Acquires Treasury Strategies; (7) Consulting Leadership: Segal, KPMG, Sopra Steria, Accenture and PwC. (1,585 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) HP Enterprise Services to Merge with CSC; (2) Accenture to Acquire Analytics Consultancy, OPS Rules; (3) CSC Agrees to Acquire Leading European Firm, Aspediens; (4) Mantyla McReynolds to be Acquired by BDO; (5) Omnicom Acquires Rabin Martin; (6) Valorem Consulting Acquires IdentityMine; (7) PwC Acquires HLP Consulting; (8) Consulting Leadership: Heidrick & Struggles, KPMG and PwC; (9) Thought Leadership: KPMG. (1,834 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Aston Martin Launches Design Consultancy ; (2) BCG Reaches $5 Billion in 2015 Annual Revenues; (3) Ancura Receives $100 Million in Growth Funding; (4) CSC Closes $308 Million Acquisition of Australia's UXC; (5) Accenture, Avanade, Capgemini, Concurrent, Rockwell and Wipro; (6) Vertiba Acquired by Publicis.Sapient; (7) Accenture Opens Liquid Application Studio in Silicon Valley; (8) Consulting Leadership: PwC, BCG, Accenture, Huron and BDO; and (9) Thought Leadership: Institutional Shareholder Services and Accenture(2,050 words)...More